Why is this bass so expensive?

[Thespis]

Can someone explain this? I don't understand...
Squier by Fender CLASSIC VIBE P BASS '70S BK Free Shipping | eBay

 

[toprekoms]

The seller is an idiot and has 6 neg's in the last year. Beautiful bass though.

 

[andruca]

Crazy price, of course. Price aside those are apparently the same specs as the discontinued Matt Freeman sig model, the overall best P-bass I've ever played (great neck, the right growl for my taste). Still nowhere near 1K $.

 

[LousCornerDeli]

For some reason unknown to me, many basses being sold out of japan are almost double the price of the same new bass in the US.

 

[Ironbar]

Maybe the seller is trying to see if there's anyone stupid enough to pay that much for it.

 

[JRA]

Why is this bass so expensive?

because there is a sucker born every minute!

 

[soulman969]

For some reason unknown to me, many basses being sold out of japan are almost double the price of the same new bass in the US.

This, and it's also true of many other guitars, basses, and other gear sold from Japan on Ebay.

There would be no reason to pay that much when the same bass sells for $400 MSRP here. You can also add to that this seller has been accused of outright fraud and misrepresentation 6 times in the past 12 months.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Because it's a Fender!
And so many of you want them!

 

[MrLenny1]

EBay

 

[GretschWretch]

Does the price include shipping? If so, that would account for a good part of the cost.

 

[jd56hawk]

When you can buy it or any of the basses sold via Japan (other than the Japanese Aerodynes) for the normal price, the point is moot.
But by all means, see above.

 

[Iridescentone]

Recent discussion of the topic here...

New from Japan-- ordinary basses sold at extraordinary prices

 

[andruca]

Why is this bass so expensive?

because there is a sucker born every minute!

Close call, but according to these guys it's one every minute and 26 seconds ;-)



/OT

 

[JRA]

according to these guys it's one every minute and 26 seconds

funny!

i think if it was only one per day = you could still make a sale!

 

[Steve Joachim]

Had my eye on a Schecter Stargazer 5 string lefty out of Japan. Asking price is $1350. That's double the price of a used one here in the states. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

 

[mdogs]

Not the answers I would have expected. I expected to see, “because it’s a Squire and that is what they are worth.”

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Does the price include shipping? If so, that would account for a good part of the cost.

It does. And the person in Japan is likely to have put it on at a certain number of Yen, so currency variations might explain some of it. If I'd put a bass on in 2007 for £500 it would have been $1000, and in early 2017, that same £500 would have been about $600!

 

[saabfender]

Recent discussion of the topic here...

New from Japan-- ordinary basses sold at extraordinary prices

Yes. This. Thank you for knowing where it was.

 

[FronTowardEnemy]

Just for reference, I bought a used 2013 MIJ Fender Classic 70s Jazz Bass (75 RI), from Japan in early 2015. It goes for around $1300 new, the one I bought was used but still had all the plastic on it and was literally brand new. I paid around $700 shipped to me here in Chicago from Tokyo.

Only took two days to get here too. I noticed the Japanese market has doubled in price since I last bought mine.

Glad I jumped on it when I did.

 

[interp]

It’s only that expensive if you buy it at that price.